He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this 'I' arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord,… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
God dwells in you, as you, and you don't have to 'do' anything to be God-realized or Self-realized, it is already your… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
There is no reaching the Self. If Self were to be reached, it would mean that the Self is not here and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness -… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world. Cotton made into various clothes… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
In the Heart's cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting 'I' shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize that which alone is real? All… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
All that one gives to others one gives to one's self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others? — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Your duty is to be and not to be this or that. 'I am that I am' sums up the whole truth.… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
How does one get rid of fear? Ramana: What is fear? It is only a thought. If there is anything besides the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Speaking of Self-realizatio n is a delusion. It is only because people have been under the delusion that the non-Self is the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable. One must fight one's way through before regaining one's… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
By the inquiry 'Who am I?'. The thought 'who am I?' will destroy all other thoughts, and like the stick used for… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
A man does not have to go and find where his eyes are in order to see. The heart is there, always… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Think of God; attachments will gradually drop away. If you wait till all desires disappear before starting your devotion and prayer, you will have… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
That which rises and sinks is made up of what it rises from. The finality of the universe is the God Arunachala. Meditating on… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real attainment is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it that the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Every moment there is creation, every moment destruction. There is no absolute creation, no absolute destruction. Both are movement, and that is eternal. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
